Franca Marzi (18 August 1926 – 6 March 1989) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 80 films between 1943 and 1977.

Life and career

Born in

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as Francesca Marsi, after working in the revue, Marzi made her film debut in her early twenties, in '' The Lovers'' (1946) by

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. She was usually cast in roles of provocative women and femme fatales in films of sentimental or comic genre. The only exception was the Federico Fellini's drama ''

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'' (1957), in which she played the role of the prostitute Wanda, the best friend of Giulietta Masina, a role for which she was rewarded with the

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for Best Supporting Actress.

Selected filmography

* ''Harlen'' (1943) - Une spettatrice al teatro * '' The Lovers'' (1946) - Porzia * ''Tombolo'' (1947) - Lidia * '' The Two Orphans'' (1947) - Susanne de la Pleine * '' Mad About Opera'' (1948) - Carmen * ''L'isola di Montecristo'' (1948) - Lucy * '' Letter at Dawn'' (1948) - Lilly - l'amante di Carlo * ''

Fear and Sand ''Fear and Sand'' ( it, Fifa e arena) is a 1948 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò. Plot Nicolino is a kitchen boy who works in a small pharmacy in the country, run by a woman unbearably rude. So Nicolino really wa ...

'' (1948) - Carmen * ''Calamità d'oro'' (1948) - Rosetta 'Calamita d'oro' * ''

A Night of Fame ''A Night of Fame'' ( it, Al diavolo la celebrità) is a 1949 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and Steno. Cast * Marcel Cerdan as Maurice Cardan * Ferruccio Tagliavini as Gino Marini * Mischa Auer as Bernard Stork * Marilyn B ...

'' (1949) - Flora * '' Totò Le Mokò'' (1949) - Odette * '' The Pirates of Capri'' (1949) - Carla * ''Napoli eterna canzone'' (1949) - Stella Paris * ''Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba!'' (1949) - Corinna Auselli, figlia del fattore * ''La figlia del peccato'' (1949) - l'ex amante di Ernesto * ''Ho sognato il paradiso'' (1950) - Collega di Maria * '' Son of d'Artagnan'' (1950) - La Contessa * '' Figaro Here, Figaro There'' (1950) - Consuelo * ''

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'' (1950) - Zana, la vedova * ''

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'' (1951) - Maria * '' Arrivano i nostri'' (1951) - Gioia Chellis * '' The Black Captain'' (1951) * '' Milano miliardaria'' (1951) - Italia Furioni * '' Verginità'' (1951) - Giulia * ''

Toto the Third Man ''Toto the Third Man'' ( it, Totò terzo uomo) is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò. Plot In a small village Peter and Paul (both starring Toto), twin brothers of opposite characters, Peter, mayor of the t ...

'' (1951) - Teresa - la domestica di Paolo * ''La vendetta del corsaro'' (1951) * '' La paura fa 90'' (1951) - Nanda Fougère * '' Revenge of Black Eagle'' (1951) - Katia * '' My Heart Sings'' (1951) - Gina * ''Amor non ho! Però, però..'' (1951) * ''Vedi Napoli e poi muori'' (1951) - Wanda * '' Tizio, Caio, Sempronio'' (1951) - Livia * ''Santa Lucia Luntana'' (1951) * ''

Salvate mia figlia ''Salvate mia figlia'' (''Save My Daughter'') is a 1951 Italian melodrama film. Cast * Bianca Doria * Juan de Landa * Vittorio Duse * Fosca Freda - Carla * Mary Jokam * Franca Marzi - Ex amante di Andrea * Bianca Manenti * Lamberto Maggior ...

'' (1951) - Ex Amante di Andrea * '' Lorenzaccio'' (1951) - Clarice * ''La voce del sangue'' (1952) * ''

Sardinian Vendetta ''Sardinian Vendetta'' (Italian: ''Vendetta... sarda'') is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Walter Chiari, Carlo Croccolo and Giovanna Pala. Apràp p.101 It as shot at the Icet Studios in Milan and the Ponti-De L ...

'' (1952) - Annesa Leoni * ''

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'' (1952) - Henriette * '' Tragic Return'' (1952) - Donna Carmela - Nicola's girlfriend * '' At Sword's Edge'' (1952) - Rita * '' They Were Three Hundred'' (1952) - Sina * ''Ultimo perdono'' (1952) * ''Non ho paura di vivere'' (1952) * ''

I, Hamlet ''I, Hamlet'' (Italian: ''Io, Amleto'') is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Erminio Macario, Franca Marzi and Rossana Podestà. A parody of William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Hamlet'', its lack of commercial suc ...

'' (1952) - Valchiria * '' I morti non pagano tasse'' (1952) - Mariella, la locandiera * '' Delitto al luna park'' (1952) - Silvia * ''I Piombi di Venezia'' (1953) - Fabia * '' Cavallina storna'' (1953) - Donna Angela * '' Carcerato'' (1953) - Valeria - matrigna di Luisa * ''Riscatto'' (1953) - L'ostessa * ''Fermi tutti... arrivo io!'' (1953) - Carmen * ''Rivalità'' (1953) - Franca * ''Lasciateci in pace'' (1953) * '' Cavallina storna'' (1953) - Dalgisa * ''Canzoni a due voci'' (1953) - Governante Franca * ''Canto per te'' (1953) - Luciana * '' The Island Monster'' (1954) - Gloria D'Auro * ''Il cavaliere di Maison Rouge'' (1954) * '' The Doctor of the Mad'' (1954) - La moglie di Cristaldi * '' The Boatman of Amalfi'' (1954) - Cristina * ''

Orphan of the Ghetto ''Orphan of the Ghetto'' (Italian: ''L'orfana del ghetto'') is a 1954 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Carlo Campogalliani. It is based on a novel of the same name by Carolina Invernizio.Goble p.238 Cast * Franca Marzi * Luise ...

'' (1954) * ''Suor Maria'' (1955) - Assunta Ranieri * '' La trovatella di Milano'' (1956) * ''

'' (1957) - Wanda * '' Fortunella'' (1958) - Amelia * '' Girls for the Summer'' (1958) - Clara * ''Ritrovarsi all'alba'' (1959) - Paola * '' Il raccomandato di ferro'' (1959) - Tosca * '' Gastone'' (1960) - Rosa * '' Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today'' (1960) - Matilde Cocozza * ''La contessa azzurra'' (1960) - Donna Carmela * ''La garçonnière'' (1960) - Mother * '' Ghosts of Rome'' (1961) - Nella * '' Psycosissimo'' (1962) - Clotilde Scarponi * ''The Man Who Burnt His Corpse'' (1964) * ''Le tardone'' (1964) - Donna Carla (episode "Canto flamenco") * '' Pardon, Are You For or Against?'' (1966) - Camilla * ''Ecco noi per esempio...'' (1977)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marzi, Franca 1926 births 1989 deaths Italian film actresses Nastro d'Argento winners 20th-century Italian actresses Actresses from Rome